Improvement in bottle-washers



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VILLIAM DICK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPRQVEMENT IN BOTTLE-WASHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,423, dated March 4,1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DICK, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottle-Washer, ofwhich the following is a specification The ligure is a detail sectionalview of my improved device.

My invention has for its object to furnishan improved device for washing bottles, lampchimneys, globes, &c., which shall be simple inconstruction, convenient in use, and effective in operation, washing thearticles quickly and thoroughly. The invention consists of thecombination of the cylinder, heavy base, valves, piston, tube, pan, tubeprovided with a screw-thread, and the brush, as hereinafter fullydescribed.

A is a hollow cylinder, the lower end of which is iianged, and isattached to a base, B, of sufficient weight to. anchor the device in apan of water. In the iianges of the bottom of the cylinder A are formednotches or holes to allow the water to pass through freely. In thebottom of the cylinder A are formed one, two, or more openings, whichare closed with valves C opening upward. D is a piston, which fits intocylinder A, has a hole formed in its center, and is attached to thelower end of a tube, E, which passes up through the cover of thecylinder A, and has a pan, F, attached to its upper end to receive thewater from the article being washed, and guide it back into the pan. Thetube E has holes formed in its upper part to allow the air to pass inand out freely. G is a tube, the lower part of which is made large toiit into the hole in piston D. The lower end of the tube G revolves upona pivot attached to the bottom of the cylinder A. Upon the lower largerpart of the tube G is formed a screw-thread, g', of steep pitch, whichiits into a screw-thread upon the piston D and lower part of the tube E,so that the tube G may be revolved by the up-and-down movement of thesaid piston D and tube E. The upper part of the tube G is made smaller'and passes up through a hole in the pan F. H is the brush, which isformed upon a tube, I, fitting upon the upper end of the tube G.

In using the device the bottle or other article'to be washed is heldover the brush H, and the tube VE and piston D are moved up and down bymeans of the handle formed upon the pan F, revolving the. brush H. As'the piston D is raised a vacuum is formed in the lower part of thecylinder A, and the atmospheric pressure forces the water in, openingthe valve O and filling the lower part of said cylinder A. As the pistonD is forced downward, the valves 0 are closed, and the water is forcedup through the tube G, and is discharged against the inner surface ofthe article to be washed, while the said surface is being rubbed by thebrush H.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination of the cylinder A, heavy base B,valves C, piston D, tube E, pan F, tube G provided with a screw-thread,g', and brush H I with each other, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

WILLIAM DICK.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, T. B. Mosman.

